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Cuin, T.A. (2007). Molecular Aspects of the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock. In: Mancuso, S., Shabala, S. (eds) Rhythms in Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68071-0_12

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